Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
tall 高 (髙)
Parts:
tall, high, expensive
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
65 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 高 【コウ】 high, high school
  • 高圧 【コウアツ】 high voltage, high pressure
  • 中高 【チュウコウ】 middle and high school, medium and high (level)
  • 激昂 【ゲッコウ】 excitement, exasperation, indignation, rage, fury

Kun reading compounds

  • 高い 【たかい】 high, tall, expensive, high-priced, high (level), above average (in degree, quality, etc.), loud, high-pitched, shrill
  • 高い高い 【たかいたかい】 lifting (a child) high up in the air
  • 高 【たか】 quantity, amount, volume, number, amount of money
  • 高い 【たかい】 high, tall, expensive, high-priced, high (level), above average (in degree, quality, etc.), loud, high-pitched, shrill
  • 威高 【いたか】 arrogant
  • 背高 【せいたか】 tallness, tall person
  • 高まる 【たかまる】 to rise, to swell, to be promoted
  • 高める 【たかめる】 to raise, to lift, to boost, to enhance

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 こ、 じょい、 た、 はか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gao1
Korean:
go

Spanish

  • alto
  • caro
  • sobresaliente
  • elevar
  • levantar

Portuguese

  • Caro
  • alto

French

  • haut
  • élevé
  • grand
  • cher
76 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
132 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
119 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
49 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5248 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
160 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
102 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1163 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
190 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
190 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
83 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1924 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2601 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1330 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1803 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
313 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
45313 Morohashi
2097 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6796 New Nelson (John Haig)
307 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
329 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
135 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
193 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
449 2001 Kanji
2j8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-8 SKIP code
0022.7 Four corner code
1-25-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9ad8 Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
cloudy weather, cloud up
Kun:
くも.る
On:
ドン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1899 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 曇天 【ドンテン】 cloudy sky, overcast sky, cloudy weather
  • 晴曇 【セイドン】 fine weather and cloudy weather

Kun reading compounds

  • 曇る 【くもる】 to get cloudy, to cloud over, to become overcast, to cloud up, to fog up, to mist up, to become dim, to be gloomy, to be clouded (expression), to be downcast, to look slightly downward (of a noh mask; indicating sadness, grief, etc.)

Readings

Japanese names:
ど、 ずみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tan2
Korean:
dam

Spanish

  • nublado
  • nublarse

Portuguese

  • tempo nublado
  • nublar

French

  • temps couvert
  • se couvrir
1672 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
948 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2160 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1575 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
608 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2685 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
637 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
647 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1281 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
983 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3141 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1610 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2195 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
431 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14172 Morohashi
2521 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2518 New Nelson (John Haig)
424 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
453 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1834 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3871 2001 Kanji
4c12.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-12 SKIP code
6073.1 Four corner code
1-38-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66c7 Unicode hex code